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Copyright © 2006
Carla Finley
Green Bee -
Euglossa dilemma
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Davie, Broward County, Florida, USA
May 3, 2006
I get these green ones mixed up so bad. Can't tell them apart. These hover. I thought this was neat because of the long thing coming out the mouth. LOL
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Contributed by
Carla Finley
on 3 May, 2006 - 10:31am
Last updated 12 March, 2008 - 6:39pm
Tribe Euglossini
is in Subfamily Apinae (not Euglossinae)
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John S. Ascher
, 23 September, 2006 - 4:59pm
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Thanks John
I just put it where I was told to. If the tribe is wrong one of the bosses will have to fix it.
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Carla Finley
, 23 September, 2006 - 6:07pm
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Euglossa
Wow! This is a female Euglossa, they are in the same group as the honey bees and the bumble bees, because they have a corbiculum (collecting hairs at the hind tibia), but they are not social. They have nothing to do with Halictids. The males are famous for collecting oil and scent from Orchid-flowers and sorting them in their hollow and enlarged hindlegs. They are a New World tropics group and there are only a few records from the US, but I’m not a bee specialist and I’m not sure if this is an invasive species or if it is ‘native’ in Florida...
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Martin Hauser
, 3 May, 2006 - 12:39pm
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Rare?
Lots of them at Tree Tops Park on this flower. Don't know what the flower is but looks like a trumpet of some sort.
Carla Finley
Venice, FL
http://community.webshots.com/user/CarlaFinley
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Carla Finley
, 3 May, 2006 - 1:49pm
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Not native.
Euglossa appears to be getting rather common in some locations in Florida. Whether they rode a hurricane, or got shipped in on something, it appears they are established now. The Florida Ag Department has captured males over several years in traps set out for fruit flies. More recently, images have been submitted here, and to whatsthatbug.com.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 3 May, 2006 - 3:25pm
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aaahhaaaa
makes sense. thank you for correcting me. i now know
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Omar Fahmy
, 3 May, 2006 - 12:54pm
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the
long 'thing' is the hypopharynx or the tongue. check out [url=http://bugguide.net/node/view/48816]here[/here] to learn more about the mouthparts. very awesome shot of flight
i wonder if this is a Halicitid
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Omar Fahmy
, 3 May, 2006 - 10:42am
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Thanks Omar,
Your article is very informative and well written.
Carla Finley
Venice, FL
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Carla Finley
, 3 May, 2006 - 11:00am
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thats amazing
the tongue is as long as the body
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Omar Fahmy
, 3 May, 2006 - 12:21pm
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